Cable-carrier.



H. T. PERNALD.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

- COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Cay WASHINGTON. D. c.

HIRAM T. FERNALD, 0F LOWELL,

DATED STORE SERVICE COMPANY, NEW JERSEY.

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LAMSON CONSOLI- OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF CABLE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 19, 1912.

Application filed November 7, 1908. Serial No. 461,480.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM T. FERNALD, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable- Oarriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cable carriers and its object is to provide a simple and efiic-ient device for looking or releasing the covers of the same.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated a construction embodying the device in which:

Figure 1 isa top plan view showing the cover of the carrier open. Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 showing the cover locked closed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the cover, showing the locking device enlarged. Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed views of the locking mechanism.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A represents an ordinary cable carrier having secured to the bottom thereof by means of screws X the fiber plate B and the metal plate 0 which form grooves adapted to cooperate with the tracks to permit the travel of a carrier thereon.

D is a stationary jaw secured to the metal plate C on the bottom of the carrier, and E is the usual movable spring-actuated jaw adapted to move in slot F for gripping the cable.

G is the usual cover pivoted to the carrier by the pin H and normally held in open position by a helical spring J mounted around the pin H as shown in Fig. 1. Secured to the cover G is the bracket or trunnion K secured thereto by rivets L. The slot or opening M is located in the cover Gr directly beneath the trunnion or bracket K which is bifurcated. In the bracket K on opposite sides of the slot or opening M are earings in which is journaled the shaft 0 extending across said slot. On this shaft 0 is mounted the lever N having an extension N at its inner end projecting beyond the shaft. Extending from the end of the shaft 0 is a latch P which is adapted to engage a stud or pin R projecting from the inner side of the body of the carrier Awhen the cover is closed and the lever N moved in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.

Secured to the inner side of the cover G by rivets Q is a flat spring S, the free end of which is mounted in the bifurcation of the bracket or trunnion K and is adapted to apply tension to either of the flat rectilinear surfaces T or U of the shaft 0 and hold the lever in either open or closed position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extension N of the lever N is adapted to engage the end of the spring S when the lever is in the posltion shown in Figs. 1 and S to prevent the further movement of the lever.

lhe operation of the device is as follows: \Vith the carrier in the posit-ion shown in Fig. 1 with cover G open, the operator inserts the cash or slips into the carrier A and closes the cover G against the tension of spring J, the latch P being in position to move past the stud R and permitting the cover to fully close. The lever is now moved in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, causing the latch P to be moved directly under the stud R, locking the cover securely closed. In the meantime, the end of the spring S moves from engagement with the surface U to the surface T holding the lever N in locked position by the tension of said spring on said surface T. The carrier is now ready to be despatched. lVhen a car rier is received, the operator to unlock the same grasps the curved end of lever N throwing the same outward to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The latch P moves with said lever N until said latch is out of engagement with the stud R when the cover is released and opens automatically by action of spring J. The end of sprin S has now moved from the surface T to t e surface U and holds the lever N open by reason of the tension applied to said surface U.

Having thus described my invention and set forth a construction embodying the same, what I claim as new' and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a cable carrier, a receptacle, a stud projecting from the inner wall of the receptacle, a cover provided with an opening hinged to the receptacle, a shaft journaled to the cover having flattened sides extending across the opening in the cover, a spring secured to the cover to bear upon the fiattened sides of the shaft to retard the rotation of the shaft, a lever secured transversely across the shaft with one end extending through the opening in the cover to form an operating arm for turning the shaft and the other end of the lever projecting beyond the shaft to form a stop to engage the end of the spring to limit the outward movement of the operating arm, and a latch on the outer end of the shaft to engage said stud when the operating arm is turned inward against the cover.

2. In a cable carrier, a receptacle, a stud projecting from the interior wall of the le ceptacle, a cover with an opening through the same hinged to the receptacle, a bracket secured to the inner face of the cover having bearings on opposite sides of said opening, a shaft with flattened sides journaled in the bearings of the bracket extending across said opening, a latch projecting from the shaft to engage the stud, a lever mounted on the shaft operating through said opening in the cover to turn the shaft to actuate the latch, a spring secured to the in-- ner face of the cover operating to bear on the flattened sides of the shaft to retard its rotation and to hold it in the locked and unlocked positions of the latch, and an extension on the inner end of the lever'projecting beyond the shaftto engage the spring when the lever is raised to limit the movement of the lever.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 31st day of October A. D. 1908.

HIRAM T. FERNALD; Witnesses FRED. P. TUsI-I, ALTON E. SEARS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0.

Commissioner of Patents, 

